Do people who are born blind, see in dreams? And if so, do they see in color? What do they see?

Question

Im wondering if someone who doesn't know what things look like, (pictures, trees, colors, faces) if their subconcious mind can produce visual dreams, and or colors...Thats a good question right?

Chyna Lovelace

Answer 1

I believe they see black and dark blue blobs.

Answer 2

My friends step-brother is blind and has been from brith, and when he dreams, it's just colours, and blobs, because they have never seen anything before, so they just see things like that.

Answer 3

You cannot dream what you have never seen.  The dreams of the blind from birth are auditory with colors (because color reaches even the blind eye), smells, tastes and even feeling.  Some people who have very poor eyesight, or was poor eyesight then they were young, often dreams mostly in "radio" not "tv", as it were.  Blind people also cannot visualize things when they are awake, because they have no concept of sight.

Answer 4

>well maybe they can recognized in their own ways

>maybe they can say it in their own view...but the problems lies is both don't know how they will view it

>the blind has his own world to define it..while those who can see has have differentt view too

>may be in unique ways we must respect it...whatever they see what colors are...what dream they have

>maybe their dream is more vivid than our dream

Answer 5

it's an excellent question. I'm glad someone asked because i was going to ask it myself. One source i read said that they dream about sounds and smells and whatever other senses other than sight they perceive..it makes sense, but i dont know if they actually see things in their dreams too?

Answer 6

I once met a woman who was born blind and she said her dreams do not involve sight.  She hears and smells in dreams, just like in her waking life.

I also know a young lady who has never walked due to a birth defect.  She says she runs in her dreams, on real working legs.  Interesting, isn't it.  :)